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Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:56 am
by vasa croe
Does anyone have the exact measurement of the precut lengths of rope reported in this case?

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:59 am
by UKSpycatcher
6ft strips

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:51 am
by vasa croe
UKSpycatcher wrote:6ft strips


Thanks! Happen to know the makeup of it? As in what kind of rope it was?

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:30 pm
by vasa croe
My reason for asking is that this goes back to my belief of Z being connected to a livestock ranch in some manner. Tie ropes were typically used by ranchers for their livestock and the typical length was 6 feet. It allowed them to rope the cattle with their lariat then use the tie rope to tie their feet together when they were going to brand in the field.

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:46 pm
by Tahoe27
It wasn't rope. It was plastic clothesline....for hanging cloths out to dry.

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:56 pm
by vasa croe
Tahoe27 wrote:It wasn't rope. It was plastic clothesline....for hanging cloths out to dry.


Ok...thanks!

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:06 pm
by vasa croe
Is there anywhere that indicates how they were tied and what knots were used, if any specific knots were used that is? I know the report said zodiac re-tied the ties, so just wondering if he used a certain knot or binding method when he did.

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:50 pm
by TruthSeeker
Tahoe27 wrote:It wasn't rope. It was plastic clothesline....for hanging cloths out to dry.


It was hollow core plastic, right Tahoe? No interior rope in the middle, just the plastic?

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:46 am
by sandy betts
It was white plastic hollow core closeline, just like what was taken from my yard in Napa the summer of 1969.
It was so smooth and white inside and out, that if you were to cut it the length of a straw , you could use it like one. ( That was to give you a better idea of what it was like )
The purp who took mine ,was nice enough to replace it about 20yrs later, to my new home in another county, just to remind me he was the one who borrowed my clothesline in 1969.
I had forgotten all about that, it didn't bother me back then because it was only a clothesline after all. I didn't think about it ,until he left me a new package on my front porch many yrs later. The person who took it would be the only one to have known that and it was important enough for him to remember it and who he took it from.

Just Yesterday I took Ricardo by my home in Napa, to show him where my clothesline was taken.
The clothes line that was taken was much longer than 6 feet, I am guessing about 30 feet was taken in about three 10 to 12 foot long lengths. Hard to remember exactly it was so long ago.

"If" it was my clothesline that was used at Lake B , he had to have cut it after he took it. I wonder if the police ever tried to connect the lengths to see just how long it was before it was cut into the 6foot lengths ?

One thing I noticed at my old home in Napa yesterday , was I that I didn't see a light pole where the perp parked the night he followed me in the winter of 68. So now I wonder if there was a full moon that night , because I saw his face as if there was a light shining into his car ? That could narrow down the time frame of when that happened .

Re: Length of rope?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:19 pm
by Mr lowe
To quickly measure off 6ft of rope.. Take one end in your finger tips left hand run the rope through your right hand so your arms are outstretched crucifix style with rope running across your chest.. ...About 6ft.. If you want a really good method of finding out what the moon was doing or what was happening on a particular day. Wolfram Alpha. Type in location and date ..it's brilliant. It's a free app.
Cheers